Chelsea vs Wolverhampton: Premier League Match Preview, Predicted Line-ups and Dream11 Predictions

Chelsea vs Wolverhampton is next as Chelsea host a struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers side in the Premier League on Saturday.

Date, kick-off time and venue:

Chelsea vs Wolverhampton is scheduled for a 7:30 pm IST kick-off on Saturday, October 8, 2022.

Chelsea vs Wolverhampton: Match Preview

Chelsea have their first Premier League and Champions League wins under Graham Potter and on Saturday welcome a Wolves side bereft of confidence and without a manager of their own.

Graham Potter has only taken charge of one top-flight match for the Blues, narrowly defeating Crystal Palace thanks to a long-range 90th-minute winner from former Eagle Conor Gallagher last weekend.

However, that is one more than his opposite number in the Wolves dugout after the club parted ways with Bruno Lage. Steve Davis and James Collins are set to oversee the trip to Stamford Bridge as caretakers but Julen Lopetegui sits atop the list of potential permanent replacements following his departure from Sevilla.

Team News:

Chelsea:

N'Golo Kante has returned to training but is being tentatively eased back into action after an injury strewn few years. Carney Chukwuemeka is a doubt with an illness which Marc Cucurella recovered from to make the bench against Milan in midweek.

However, Wesley Fofana limped off after awkwardly twisting his knee during the Champions League victory. The severity of Fofana's injury remains to be seen but the Frenchman is highly unlikely to feature this weekend.

Wolverhampton:

Lage's ultimately unsuccessful plight wasn't aided by a punishing injury list to a small squad. The incoming incumbent has been left with an increasing glut of absentees.

Both Ruben Neves and Nathan Collins are serving suspensions for indiscipline this weekend. Long-term absentees Sasa Kalajdzic and Chiquinho have been joined in the treatment room by Pedro Neto after the winger suffered "a bad injury" against West Ham last Sunday.

Hwang Hee-chan is also a doubt after returning from international duty with a muscle strain while the involvement of Raul Jimenez remains clouded in uncertainty during his injury-riddled start to the campaign.

Chelsea vs Wolverhampton: Head to Head:

In 16 head-to-head encounters between the two sides, Chelsea hold the clear advantage.

They have won eight games.Wolverhampton Wanderers have won three games, while the other four have ended in draws.

Predicted Line-ups:

Chelsea Starting 11 (3-4-2-1): Arrizabalaga; Chalobah, Silva, Koulibaly; James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Chilwell; Mount, Sterling; Aubameyang.
Bench: Mendy, Loftus-Cheek, Pulisic, Broja, Zakaria, Gallagher, Havertz, Azpilicueta, Cucurella.

Wolves Starting 11 (4-3-3): Sa; Jonny, Gomes, Kilman, Ait-Nouri; B Traore, Moutinho, Nunes; A Traore, Costa, Podence.
Bench: Sarkic, Mosquera, Ronan, Guedes, Bueno, Campbell, Semedo.

CHE vs WOL: Dream11 Predictions: